Common Misspelled Words

 

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W |X | Y |Z

A

absence acceptable accessible
accommodation accomplish achievement
acquire address advertisement
advice – (noun) advise – (verb) amateur
apartment appearance argument
athletic attendance  

B

basically beginning beneficial
believe – verb belief – noun business

C

calendar campaign category cemetery
challenge characteristic cigarette clothes
column committee commitment completely
conscious controversy convenient condemn
conscience conscientious correspondence criticism

D

deceive definitely definition
department describe despair
desperate development difference
difficult disappointed discipline
disease    

E

easily effect eighth
either embarrass encouragement
enemy entirely environment
especially exaggerate excellent
existence experience experiment

F

familiar February finally
financial foreign foreigner
formerly forty fourth

G

general generally genius
government grammar grateful
guarantee guidance  

H

happily height heroes
humorous hypocrite  


I

ideally imaginary immediate
incredible independent influential
insurance intelligent interference
interrupt introduce island
its – for possession it's – for "it is" or "it has"


J

jealous jealousy


K

kneel knowledge


L

later legitimate length library
lightning likely loneliness lose (verb)
loose (adjective) lovely luxurious  


M

maintain maintenance manageable
management manufacture marriage
married
millionaire misspell
mischievous money mortgage
muscle mysterious  


N

naturally necessary neighbor / neighbour
ninety noticeable nowadays


O

obedient obstacle occasional occurred
official opinion opportunity opposition
ordinary originally    


P

particular peculiar perceive performance
permanent personal personnel physical
physician piece pleasant possession
possible possibility potatoes practically
prefer privilege professor professional
psychology pronounce / pronunciation psychological  


Q

quantity quality quizzes queue questionnaire

R

realistic realize really
receipt receive recognize
recommend religion religious
remember representative restaurant
rhythm ridiculous roommate

T

technical technique temperature
temporary their (possessed by them) there (not here)
they're (contraction of "they are") themselves – not themself

U

unique undoubtedly until unforgettable

V

valuable village violence
violent vision volume

W

Wednesday weird grateful
which
woman – (singular) women ( plural)
worthwhile width writing
weather – indicating climate whether – (indicating if)


Y

yacht young